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Etymology
Etymology tree English beginning Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English beginningless From beginning + -less.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Incomplete for lack of a beginning.
But besides this imperfect beginningless story, entitled "William Montgomery," we find in the volume another, of which the title-page gives no hint.
1829 February, Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths, “Article XIII”, in The Monthly Review, volume 10, page 305:
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(not-comparable) Eternal; uncreated; having always existed.
Backwards, it spreads to the beginningless beginning. Forwards, it spreads to the endless end. We are always in the middle.
1980, Rajneesh, Osho, Yoga Vivek, Prem Chinmaya, Ananda Prem, The Supreme Doctrine: Discourses on the Kenopanishad:Beginningless time is one of those concepts which, in our human state, we find difficult to comprehend.
2004, David Michie, Buddhism for Busy People: